IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE:
• "Front Porch Chat from Shellie"
• "Chuckles" Southern joke of the week
• "A Taste of the South" Southern recipe of the week
• "It's Been Said..." Southern Quote of the week
•
"Southern Comfort" Inspiration from my heart to yours
• "A Southern Exchange" Readers Write In
Email Shellie
"How to Train a Bubba"
Hello folks, I'm sliding in from a weekend convention in Mobile,
Alabama. It was a lot of fun and I met some very interesting
authors and book industry type folk, but I think we'll save that
for Friday's talk show on FOX FM 92.7. Right now, I hope you'll kick back and get comfortable. It's time
to chat...~smile~
Remember when I mentioned that I was outlining my next
book, “How to Train a Bubba”, and other Self Help Secrets
from a Southern Belle? Well, I was flat caught off guard by the
volume of feedback. Because so many of y’all seem to be at
critical development points with your Bubba, I’ve decided to
offer an advance peek.
Girls, it’s impossible to begin training your Bubba too early.
It’s actually recommended that you conduct a few tests with
any potential Bubba before taking ownership. One way to
do this is to see how he responds to your people. If your
Bubba demonstrates curiously high levels of anxiety, there
could be a problem with his breeding, or he could’ve been
subjected to previous experiences that will make him hard,
if not impossible, to train.
There are other pre-ownership tests, but for brevity’s sake,
let’s say you’ve chosen your Bubba, filled out all the necessary
papers, and brought him home. From this point on, you must
be consistent with your training. Inconsistency is unfair and
confusing to your Bubba. He needs to know you’re a woman
of your word.
By way of illustration, once during the early years of their
marriage, my Aunt Marleta and Uncle Stan were in a huge
fight when he announced that he was leaving.
“Don’t do it!” Aunt Leta said. “If you walk out that door, I’m
not letting you back in.”
Unlce Stan left anyway and in such a hurry that he crashed
his pickup between two trees a little piece down the road.
Limping, bruised, and bleeding Uncle Stan made his way
back home to the wrong side of a chained door.
“Let me in, Leta,” Uncle Stan said, “I’m bleeding.”
“That’s not my fault,” Aunt Marleta said. “I told you what’d
happen if you left!”
Aunt Marleta left her Bubba outside bleeding for the better
part of the night, too, and as she likes to tell it, “Once I
opened that door, Shellie, he never left me again.” You can't
mess with those kinds of results, girls.
I hope y'all enjoy this week's southern celebration. I'll be
around if you want to drop me a note on the porch...
Hugs,
Shellie
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"Surprise Guest on All Things Southern LIVE this Friday!"
The last couple weeks I've been talking about a new development
on the porch. Tune in this Friday for the unveiling!
Remember, ATS LIVE is streaming. You can also hear old shows, and/or
get the podcasts delivered to your Itunes.
http://www.foxfm927.com/shows.php?id=12.
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That call in number is 318-323-8886
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